Service Details
Name:
 BUXTON
Given Name:
 GEORGE BARCLAY
Initials:
 G B
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 1st Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and 5th Bn. Norfolk Regiment
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Kings African Rifles
Date of Death:
 1917-07-28
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Date of Birth:
 1892-10-16
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Nieuport 17 # A6680, last seen being driven down with 4EA on tail
Additional
Information:
Son of Reverend Barclay Fowell Buxton and Margaret Maria Amelia Railton. b. 16 October 1892. Fought in British East Africa, Egypt and France.He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the service of the 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Flying Corps. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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